Konica Minolta withdrew from the photographic market
The company Konica Minolta announced today that it withdrew from the photographic market due to high competition in terms of digital cameras and the reduction in demand for photographic chemicals.
The company has more than 100 years in the market and were pioneers in various areas such as having produced the first photographic paper in Japan in 1903, the first color film in Japan in 1940 and have developed the first cameras with the function of self - approach.
In its business area of the cameras, they had established in 2005 a cooperation agreement with Sony Corporation to develop in tandem, so it will become that company assets to pursue that Sony cameras that are compatible with the Maxxum lenses / Dynax. Besides that will also provide technical service for the cameras Konica Minolta, Konica and Minolta.
In the business area of photography, because it is increasingly difficult to maintain a profit in a market that is contracted steadily, have made the determination to withdraw from that market. To do with color film and color paper, iran is making reductions in production and will produce for the March 31, 2007. The business of mini-labs, are no longer producing the March 31, 2006, and the company Noritsu Koki Co.. Will be in charge of providing support and maintenance to the teams for not causing any inconvenience to users. In relation to this, iran is doing reorganizations in the different offices and sales that have been removed from the sales activities related to the photo for the September 30, 2007.
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[...] The system will α cameras, lenses and accessories that will integrate electromechanical technology which is necessary for the good performance of the D-SLR. The lens system will be based on the mounts of Konica-Minolta Maxxum (with whom he made an agreement for the development of this type of cameras), allowing many people who have Konica-Minolta team can continue using it with new cameras Sony. [...]
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